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Big Technology Podcast

The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators. Alex Kantrowitz, a Silicon Valley journalist who's interviewed the world's top tech CEOs — from Mark Zuckerberg to Larry Ellison — is the host.

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AI Device Wars Heat Up, RIP Metaverse?, Netflix Acquires Warner Brothers

Dec 5, 2025·—

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) AI Device Wars are here 2) Apple loses its head of user interface design 3) Meta's chances in the AI device wars 4) Apple's...

How An AI Model Learned To Be Bad — With Evan Hubinger And Monte MacDiarmid

Dec 3, 2025·—

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Evan Hubinger is Anthropic’s alignment stress test lead. Monte MacDiarmid is a researcher in misalignment science at Anthropic.The two join Big Technology to discuss their new research on reward hacking and emergent...

Tim Cook’s Final Year?, Big Tech Horse Race, Anthropic’s Profitability Push

Dec 1, 2025·—

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M.G. Siegler of Spyglass is back for our monthly tech news discussion. Today we dig into whether Tim Cook will retire in 2026, what his legacy will be, and who will likely succeed him as Apple CEO. We also touch on the...

NVIDIA Panic Mode?, OpenAI’s Funding Hole, Ilya’s Mystery Revenue Plan

Nov 28, 2025·—

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Black Friday secrets 2) Google may sell its TPUs to Meta and financial institutions 3) Nvidia sends an antsy tweet 4) How...

Communal Living, Sex, And Silicon Valley's Groupthink Problem — With Ellen Huet

Nov 26, 2025·—

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Ellen Huet is a features writer at Bloomberg and the author of Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult. Ellen joins Big Technology to discuss how Silicon Valley, a place that prides itself on...

Google Pushes OpenAI, Bezos Returns, AI’s No. 1 Hit

Nov 21, 2025·—

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Sam Altman's admission that Google surpassed OpenAI in some areas 2) OpenAI getting thrown off the mark 3) What happens if...

Can We Trust Silicon Valley With Superintelligence? — With Nick Clegg

Nov 19, 2025·—

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Nick Clegg is the former president of Global Affairs at Meta and deputy prime minister of the UK. Clegg joins Big Technology Podcast for a discussion about whether Silicon Valley should be trusted with superintelligence...

Inside The AI Bubble: Debt, Depreciation, and Losses — With Gil Luria

Nov 14, 2025·—

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Gil Luria is the head of technology research at D.A. Davidson. Luria joins Big Technology Podcast for a special Friday edition special report digging into the AI bubble, or whatever term you'd like to use for the...

Could LLMs Be The Route To Superintelligence? — With Mustafa Suleyman

Nov 12, 2025·—

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Mustafa Suleyman is the CEO of Microsoft AI and the head of the company’s new superintelligence team. Suleyman joins Big Technology to discuss Microsoft’s push toward “humanist superintelligence” and what changes after...

OpenAI Bailout?, Elon’s $1 Trillion Pay Deal, Amazon Sues Perplexity

Nov 7, 2025·—

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar's comments about a government backstop for its financing 2) Why these statements matter 3) Does...

OpenAI’s IPO Plan, Deconstructing The AI Bet, Apple’s iPhone17 Revival

Nov 5, 2025·—

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M.G. Siegler of Spyglass is back for our monthly tech news discussion. Today we dig into OpenAI’s newly cleared path to an IPO, what trillion-scale capex vs. current revenue implies, and how Microsoft’s 27% stake, IP...

OpenAI and Microsoft’s Grand Bargain, Sam Altman’s Next Three Years, A New Humanoid Robot

Oct 31, 2025·—

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) OpenAI converts to a public benefit corporation 2) Why this is big news 3) Satya Nadela's wise OpenAI maneuver 4) Microsoft...

How AI Is Changing Writing — With Tony Stubblebine

Oct 29, 2025·—

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Tony Stubblebine is the CEO of Medium. He joins Big Technology to discuss the future of writing in the age of AI and how platforms should handle AI-generated content. Tune in to hear fresh data on ChatGPT vs. Google...

Google Research Head Yossi Mathias: AI For Cancer Research, Quantum's Progress, Researchers' Future

Oct 27, 2025·—

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Yossi Matias is the head of Google Research. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the company's research efforts in areas like cancer treatment and Quantum and to discuss the relationship between research and...

OpenAI’s Risky Browser Bet, Amazon’s Mass Automation Plan, Clippy’s Back

Oct 24, 2025·—

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) OpenAI's Atlas browser is here 2) Atlas plays 2048 3) The danger of AI browser prompt injection 4) Will Atlas be around in...

Amazon's Panos Panay: The Reality of Building Alexa Plus and AI Assistants

Oct 22, 2025·—

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Panos Panay is Amazon’s head of Devices & Services. Panay returns to Big Technology Podcast to discuss Alexa Plus's delayed rollout, when the assistant is releasing to everyone, and the challenge of building these...

Erotic ChatGPT, Zuck’s Apple Assault, AI’s Sameness Problem

Oct 17, 2025·—

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Sam Altman says ChatGPT will start to have erotic chats with interested adults 2) Also, more sycophancy? 3) Is sycophancy...

Where Are The AI Startups? — With Rick Heitzmann

Oct 15, 2025·—

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Rick Heitzmann is the founder and managing director of FirstMark Capital. Heitzmann joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss whether AI startups can compete against the ChatGPTs of the world, or whether the big AI bots...

AGI or Bust, OpenAI’s $1 Trillion Gamble, Apple’s Next CEO?

Oct 10, 2025·—

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Why the AI industry needs to get to AGI to make the investments pay off 2) The diverging tracks between AI model...

Anthropic Chief Product Officer: Why AI Model Development Is Accelerating — With Mike Krieger

Oct 8, 2025·—

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Mike Krieger is the chief product officer at Anthropic and co-founder of Instagram. Krieger joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss Anthropic's Sonnet 4.5 launch and how the company's been able to speed up AI model...

OpenAI and AMD's Megadeal, Sam Altman and Jony Ive’s Bumpy Start. Meta vs. Apple

Oct 6, 2025·—

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M.G. Siegler of Spyglass is back for our monthly tech news discussion. Today we discuss OpenAI and AMD's megadeal, whether the AI investment cycle is a disaster waiting to happen, and how NVIDIA might feel about the...

The Sora 2 Breakthrough, Death Of The Creator Economy?, Apple’s SmartGlasses Roadmap

Oct 3, 2025·—

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Max Zeff, Sr. AI reporter at Techcrunch, joins for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) OpenAI introduces Sora 2 2) Will these AI video feeds catch on? 3) Is Sora 2 an important technological...

Microsoft's Head of Cloud & AI on the AI Buildout's Risks and ROI — With Scott Guthrie

Oct 1, 2025·—

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Scott Guthrie is the executive vice president of Cloud and AI at Microsoft. Guthrie joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the tech industry's massive AI infrastructure buildout and whether it is overdoing it with the...

OpenAI’s & NVIDIA's $100 Billion Marriage, Meta’s Sloppy Vibes, TikTok Deal Arrives?

Sep 26, 2025·—

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Nvidia invests $100 billion in OpenAI 2) Will the money ever get there? 3) Do AI companies have to make money eventually?...

Is Generative AI a Cybersecurity Disaster Waiting to Happen? — With Yinon Costica

Sep 24, 2025·—

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Yinon Costica is the co-founder and VP of product at Wiz, which sold to Google for $32 billion in cash. Costica joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the extent of the cybersecurity threats that generative AI is...